Legislation notes several bills pass senate and house
Senate notes include passing on municipal bonds and county duties while House actions feature Waterloo and Oakland bond issues. The session reviews budget plans, code revision prompts, and proposed rural high school districts joining districts for grades through ten. Debate covers liquor laws, penalties, and reformatories.
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Meteoric Coup of Young Wood
New York report details Trent Osborn Wood, son of Gen Leonard Wood, earning an estimated 700000 dollars in Wall Street from Manila via a tipster. Secretary Weeks confirms he halted the officer’s stock operations. Congress may pursue inquiry into Wood’s Philippine dealings and potential officer involvement.
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Seventeen Die In State Hospital Fire At Chicago
A fire at the State Hospital for the Insane in Chicago destroyed an old ward pavilion. At least seventeen people perished, fourteen of whom were patients in various stages of insanity. Elijah Carraker, his wife, an attendant, and their eight year old son Lowell were among the dead. The blaze originated from an undetermined source and spread rapidly within the building.
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Harvard Loses to Radcliffe in Mental Test
Cambridge Massachusetts Harvard and Radcliffe colleges presented psycho logical test results showing Radcliffe girls averaging 65 percent while Harvard students averaged 50.5 percent across 107 participants. Tests by Dr Abraham A Roback measured observation speed mental application and interpretation.
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Radcliffe
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Abraham A. Roback
Federals Take Mexican Town From the Rebels
Federals capture Tamacuin on their march toward Guadalajara. Rebels retreat with heavy losses as Gen Enriquez Astrady’s forces secure the town. About two hundred Entrady troops are taken prisoner.
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Talisco
Enriquez Astrady
Attempted assassination of Japan's regent by cane gun
An assailant, a laborer about twenty, attempted to kill Japan's regent as he traveled to a Diet session. The cane gun misfired badly, missing the regent by about an inch and striking chamberlain Hite Chamberlain instead.
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German reparations committee set meetings dates
The first committee will meet January 14 to assess Germany paying reparations. The second committee on resources at home and abroad will meet January 24 to examine Germany's economic resources.
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Americans In Mexico Train Wreck Near Celaya
Reports from travelers say an American party suffered multiple deaths and injuries when a train wreck occurred near Celaya in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, causing a toll of casualties and scattered passengers.
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Franca Controle Rugs Financie Update
Fragmented text indicates a Brussels or Ruselan financial report with disputed governance over funds and ongoing oversight. Names, dates, and entities are unclear due to OCR errors, but the note suggests continued state control of finances and external funding considerations.
Washington Tax Cut Pact Surfaces Before Holiday Session
Republicans and Democrats reach a virtual agreement on a domestic tax cut plan after holidays. Democratic leaders fear defections to the Mellon plan and aim to block further commitments as Republican leaders push for a Mellon style tax revision. The effort centers on unifying party ranks for a prompt domestic tax cut.
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Hope for French dirigible missing over Africa fades
Government experts doubt the Sixmande dirigible is afloat after Friday disappearance in Africa. They say power failure and exhausted fuel make navigation unlikely. An attache at the ministry of marine cites a slim chance the crew could reach ground in the Sahara and survive on reserve rations for about three weeks if forced to land.
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Greatest Hero of Whole Army Mustered Out at Fort Harrison
In a drizzling rain at Fort Harrison Sergt Samuel Woodall, named by Gen Pershing as the outstanding World War hero, stood at attention during a regimental review for the last time. He received his discharge papers after 22 years of service, including duty on the Mexican border and in France.
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Gold Added to Christmas Stockings Reveals Record Withdrawals
New York reports show $25,504,000 in gold placed into stockings on Christmas Day with $2,604,000 found. Federal Reserve and New York Bank publications note weekly withdrawals ending December 19, led by $10,830,578 at the New York bank, the largest weekly withdrawal on record.
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Murphy Resigns as Brotherhood Railroad Trainmen Leader
Cleveland. The resignation of M. Murphy, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, has been submitted and accepted by the board of directors, announced today. The move ends his tenure as head of the union in Cleveland.
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Call for National Conference on Transportation
The United States Chamber of Commerce issues a call for a Washington conference in January with leaders from agriculture, commerce, education, finance and industry. It aims to tackle a national transport system, address regulation, capital access, rate policies, and the role of highways, water routes, and rail in expanding service and economic efficiency.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
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Chamber of Commerce
United States
Congress
Juliug H. Barnes
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America
Veteran Wood Lived 108 Years After Civil War Fights
Nashville man James H. Wood, a Twenty second Georgia regiment veteran, endured six Civil War battles, two severe wounds, a paralysis stroke, and yellow fever before dying aged 108 at the Old Soldiers' Home. He credited a simple life, light drinking, thrice-daily coffee, moderate smoking, and occasional meat for his longevity.
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Tenn
James H. Wood
Georgia
Mr. Wood
Dutch Guinea Men Kill Canadian and Eat Servants
Sydney dispatch reports miner Georgs Penrose born in Canada killed by Papuan natives in Dutch New Guinea during a 400 mile inland shooting expedition. The party of Penrose and thirty Papuans suffered three Papuans killed and seven wounded. Penrose stabbed seventy times before witnessing the cannibalism. Dutch government dispatched an expedition to punish the murderers.
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Georgs Penrogze
Canada
Dutch New Guinea
Mr. Penrose
Penrose
House G. Q O. P. to Meet January 10 on Bonus
Republican house leaders plan a January 10 conference to decide a definite policy on soldier bonus legislation. The meeting will involve all Republican members and focus on the bonus issue, with the Ways and Means Committee handling the matter.
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Washington
Babies Die After Eating Fireworks in Pensacola
In Pensacola, two infants died after ingesting fireworks known as dancing devils. James Burleson, thirteen months, and Ida Bell Vann, eighteen months, reportedly picked up the colored objects resembling candy and attempted to play with them before they exploded.
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James Burleson
Ida Bell
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Slain by Mother Arkadalphliig of Clark County Army Unit
A unclear OCR fragment reports a fatal incident involving a mother and son in Clark County. The readable items mention a sixty year old male and military or branch references, but key names, dates, and locations are missing or garbled. Further readable context is insufficient for a precise summary.
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Arkh Brances
Clark County
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